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How two fake government agencies went under the radar in Nigeria

abc.net.au8/22/2026
How two fake government agencies went under the radar in Nigeria

Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew has been charged with impersonation and forgery. ( Instagram: princeadeyemi_adeniyi ) Link copied Share Share article On paper, the Nigerian Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) looked every bit like an official government agency. It had funding, an office inside the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, which houses many government ministries, and a website bearing the government's stamp of authenticity. Few reasons existed to question its legitimacy. Until it emerged that the agency did not officially exist.

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